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i 6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 13,348 IS ADDED winner in gift IB FID FOR contest will be TOLD SA TURD A Y $5,874 of $12,500 From Atlantal Now in Tresury of the State Organization, A . of $3,349 wa.« reported at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon at the luncheon the “whirlwind cam paign" committee** of the Georgia Stale Chamber of Commerce. Atlan- ,i | iioi pledged to i $115000 ., ,s its p.;rr of } he. $50,000 fund to tie spent in 1914 to further the farming Interest* of Georgia With the $2.52.'. already subscribed, t)to total to noon Friday amounted to 874. lca\i $K # 626 vet >< !<«* suh- 8i ribed The majority of the sub scription*, however, were for three year?, so the amounts received really made a very impressive showing, as most of the subscriber* were pledged to give an equal amount in 1915 and 1916. as well as In 1914. for which the present campaign 1* raising money. W. F. Parkhurst. in making the re port for his committee, stated that an Atlanta man who wished his name pot to he made public had agreed, pending an arrangement with the State Chamber of Commerce, to give $500 for educational hooks book* on “efficiency' for the State Library and to pay $1,200 for the employment of an assistant to the librarian who would see that proper use was made of the books. Following are the amounts report ed by the various committees: W. F. Parkhurst. $280; St. Elmo Massengale. $475; Harris G. White. 9289; Charles D. McKinney. $235; L. j). Hicks, $495; Wilrner L. Moore thanks). $300; if. E. Watkins (fertilizer plants), $375, and S. A. Kysor (printers), $900. Total. $3,349. By MARY LEA DAVIS. 'I er# was a veritable avalanche of letters on the (losing diy of the Chrjstmns present contest. All let ter which i ar»e yesterday will be considered, but none after that. I snail annoiirc e the names of the f*i.e< essful contestant* in to-mor row - Georgian. The gold place* wiil g* forward at on so that those to whom they are sent will have the money :n ample time before Christ ina * I’ 'i Las been the most successful contest ever Inaugurated by The Georgian’s magazine page. It cer tainly was popular 1 ran attest to that part, because I received and read every one of the letters. And the idea !t«e|f was n success I know of a good many married peo pl‘d "ho were aided in solving the Christmas gift problem by reading •h suggest ton * offered by our read ers. Here are some of the last letters rr reived A MAN'S IDEA M Mary Lea Pa vis: 'fhe most appropriate gift a husband c ould give his wife would he to give her free access to his pocket book, with the promise never to ask her to give an ac count of the money she spends Also a promise to vote for wom ans suffrage A S. R. Chauncey, Ga FOR A HUSBAND Miss Mary Lea Davis: In selecting a Christmas pres ent, remember the recipient, not the giver, should be pleased. If husband likes to smoko, give him a nice pipe, box of cigars, smok ing Jacket, smoking set, or any number of things that would d*- 1 Klit a smoker If he likes to read, a good book or set of books, SPECIAL HOLIDAY RATES j To TEXAS VIA Southern Pacific Sunset Route Ticket* on sale Dee. 20th, 21et and 22d, Final Return Limit Jan. 18th, 1914. Superior Service from NEW ORLEANS Dally. Winter Touriat Rate* to Many Texas Point*. The Exposition Line-=-l415—To California and Pacific Coast The Sunset l.imited=No Extra Fire—The Sunset Express Oil-Burning Locomotives No Soot, Dust or Cinder* ( all on us for information, literature and reservations O. P BARTLETT, G. A. 121 Peachtres ftt. D. L. GRIFFIN, C. P. A. R. O. BeAN, T. P. A. Atlanta, Ga « subscription to his favorite n ngazine, or what could be nto*r • ban a year’s subscription to The Georgian and Sunday Ameri can? If you wish to give him mefhing to wear remember hi* '.tvorlto color and the style he liken best Then let me suggest (from past experience) a safety razor or shaving stand. MRS J K. M. Atlanta, Ga. A VACUUM CLEANER Miss Mary Lea Davis The most useful gift a hus band .an give his wife U some thing she nee els and wants. Ow ing to circumstance*, different people need different thing 4 *. My wife does all of her work. There fore f am going to give her uiuethlng to make her work lighter, and it will be a vacuum i leaner. Xlso a box of candy to ernlnd her of old times, and tell her that she grows dearer to me as the years roll by, for she dee < Ajid a promise not to be broken that 1 am going to try to be a better husband everv day. Atlanta, Ga L. F. L. LOVE AND FLOWERS. M i.-*4 Mary Lea Davis: My wife and I are still sweet- rrt e. So I Just renew my first f'hristmas present every Christ mas to her. That present is myself and the love 7 declared for her seven years ago. One dozen carnation*, her favorite flower, which was nr first, rhristmas gift. I also add a ten or twenty r dinr bill for her to spend a*: she w ishes \Iv love and her favorite flow ers are valued by her more than at' tiling else I can give. C. R C. Atlanta, Ga BOOKS AND MAGAZINE. Mis* Mary Lea Davi»: I find that nothing pleases a woman more than ;• gift in which others can derive pleasure as well as herself. Therefore, this Christ mas my little wife shall receive a set of good books and a sub scription to one woman’s maga zine. L. M. C. Atlanta, Ga. A DAILY PAPER. Miss Mary Lea Davis: 1 will give my husband a year's subscription to The Georgian. He will appreciate a paper lie can take time and read after supper, ns The Georgian is the best paper for a workingman It comes at the right time. MRS. M. T. A. Atlanta, Ga. A SURPRISE FOR WIFE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: l shall present my wife on Christmas Eve a check larger than I can afford for a single present, being fortified with the knowledge that the greater part of it will go into the common ex chequer. Then on Christmas Day I shall surprise her with the most appropriate personal gift that a no re man can elect. Thus she will have the double p’easure of receiving something unexpected and of disseminating among her friends this evidence of her hus band's superiority over other hus band*. J A. G Albany, Ga. A JUNIOR. Miss Mary Lea Davis: The most perfect gif: o a hus band on Christmas morn would be a beautiful blue-eved boy W. J., Jr. MRS. W. J. R. Gainesville, Ga. FOR HER HUSBAND. M i > s M a i y I .ea I >a vis: I think to make something use ful and pretty, a tie rack, and buy '-orne nice tics, a pair of cuff Tuit ions. a year’s subscription to The Georgian, his favorite dally paper, and to be kind and show bv words and actions that you love and appreciate him, is a good Chrisl- nins gift. MUF G W. IV l nion Point, Ga. CHICKENS FOR WIFE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: I will look’ at The Georgian want ads and see wife re 1 can buy »onie good chickens for my wife, as she enjoys the outdoor exercise caring for them. I will also give her a year’s -u’>s rip- tion to The Georgian, as she tins learned how to raise chickens from this paper and has made a great success. R \\\ A. Atlanta. Ga. HAS SOLVED HIS PROBLEM. Miss Mary Lea Davis: i ha\e solved the Christmas present problem for myself, knowing that my wife would ap preciate nothing more than a complete toilet ant: manicure set or a pair of glove j. These will be my present to my wife this Christmas. C. M. L. Allan a Ga. HER SUGGESTION. Miss Mary Lea Davis: 1 wish to suggest that a sub scription to The Georgian would make an appropriate Christmas gift. MRS. L. H. Sargent, Ga. APPRECIATION. Miss Mary Lea Davis: A gift that a husband will en joy, appreciate and find useful is one that means love, devotion and sacrifice.. Something useful, as well as ornamental, and always within bounds of income. Pledge to him your best efforts to be the best wife that lleth in your power, and assure him of your appreciation of him and his ef forts. MRS. J. L. H. Eatonton, Ga. A COMFORTABLE CHAIR. Miss Mary Lea Davis; I know my husband would like to have a Morris chair, a loung ing robe and a year’s subscrip tion to The Georgian. (He sub scribed to The Georgian before it was ever published, and lias been a constant reader of it.) We are old folks now. AGNES. , Atlanta, Ga A PIECE OF GOLD. Miss Mary Lea Davis: T tlnnk a gold piece of money, any amount, earned by the wife, would certainly .make a husband feci good on Christmas morn. It would be very useful to some hus bands and quite a help to tna family. MRS. W. T C. Atlanta, Ga. A PLEDGE OF LOVE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: An appropriate gift for a wife would be for her husband to place at her plate on Christmas morn ing these words written in his own hand: “I love you better to-day than ever or fore. Next year I shall be considerate of you every day, and what is mine is. yours, and I feel that our sorrows are less by shar ing together and our happiness greater L. H. Eatonton, Ga. Girl Has Drunken Pursuer Locked Up ASHEVILLE. N. C„ Dec. T9. —A. M. ampbell was arrested here for pur suing a young woman several j-lark sir#*, ts until she fell fainting In •*•’ 1 undertaking shop. Fhe finally r»- overecl sufficiently to go to her work i n one of i he local theaters. *’ampbe!l was locked in the police station on a charge of being drunk and annoying the girl. Robert, Hilliard Sued For $5,000 by Valet NEW ORLEANS, Dec. T9.- Robert Hilliard, the actor, to-day was sued foi $5,000 damages by William Page, his valet. Page charged Hilliard with beating him and said in his com plaint that the actor has “an ungov ernable temper." Returns to Face 15 Countess Treuberg Charges of Forgery Sentenced for Fraud GREENVILLE, S. C., Dec. 19 — Ar rested in Kansas City, J. W. Burke, ' Jr., has be^n brought to Greenville to answer about fifteen c harges of | forgery. With J. W. Blinkey, Burke operated 1 I here as a medical specialist, . nd it is | i alleged he obtained several hundrd j dollars by bogus checks. ;Unknown Artist’s Work Gets Best Price Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Dec. 19. “A Lady Hold- j ing a Dog and a Kitten," by an un- j known aitist. °f the French school,! brought $920, the highest price of the! day at Christie’s sale of old paintings and drawings. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Dec. 19.—The trial of Countess VonTreuberg for various crimes ended in a sentence'of fif teen months' imprisonment and a fine of $875. The Countess was found guilty of fraud, blackmail and abetting usury. The court fined an absent witness, Princess Alexandra of Isenburg, $75 for refusing to give evidence. Proves Cockroaches Wash Their Faces MINNEAPOLIS, MINN Dec. 19.— The cockroach has at last jumped I into the limelight. Dr. E. P. Lyon, dean of the College [ of Medicine of the university, has found the Periplaneta Orientalis washes its face frequently and has gn at intelligence. Life-Termer Dies in Prison. MOBILE, Dec. 19.—Teck Duncan, a notorious yeggman, w r ho operated !n Louisiana. Georgia and Alabama, sent up Lorn Jefferson County for life for the murder of a prominent citizen, is dead at the State penitentiary. ~ Says Eugenics Would Depopulate the Earth CHICAGO, Dec. 19 — Bird S. Coler, former Comptroller of the city of New York, told an audience of business men that if the science of eugenics were adopted generally the human race would be extinct in 50 years. Why ‘Attempt?’ It Can Be and Is Done A CHEERFUL XMAS I Ts there anything' so cheerful for a Xmas grift as a Singing Bird? We have a number of guaranteed Singing Canaries at $2.7.). • 'ages from 50c up. j. c. mcmillan, jr., seed co. 23 S. Broad St Main 940 Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. :9.—Jealous of the lau rels won by futurist painters, an or chestra of futurist musicians will give a concert and attempt to reproduce the sounds of a railroad collision. Savannah Will Hold Child Welfare Show SAVANNAH, Deo. 19.—A rhn« welfare exhibit, similar to the ona r *- eently held in Atlanta, will be held by clubwomen of Savannah shor-tly aft er January 1. Miss Babbit, executive secretary of the Wederation In Atlanta, addressed the Savannah clubwomen last even imt. and a movement was started to day. Big Gary Plant Is Closed; 1,800 Idle GARY, IND., Dec. 19.—The Gn:v plant of the American Sheet and Tin plate Company was closed to-day a 1 1,S00 workers were cut out of work The mil! will resume operations on December 29. Bryan Wants No Box Money in Trip South WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Secre tary of State Bryan will leave Was * Ington to-night for a week’s visit his winter home in Miami, Flu. 1), will stop at Asheville and Jackson ville. The Secretary has no speeches scheduled fbr the trip. THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER A REAL XMAS GIFT Eliminates the Use of Broom, Dust-Pan and All the Drudgery of Housekeeping No Cleaner does better work; rn none gives longer service Phone call will bring demonstrator. The Ozias National Selling Corporation 605-607 Empire Life Building Phone Ivy 8239 Christmas and New Year Holiday Fares You can buy ROUND TRIP TICKETS at reduced cost from one place to another within the Southeastern territory, December 17 to 25, inclusive, December 31, 1913, and January 1, 1914, good for return to reach starting point by midnight January 6, 1914. From principal places in Southeastern ter ritory to principal places in Arkansas, IUinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklaho ma, S. Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin, on Decem ber 20, 21, 22, good to return to starting point by midnight January 18, 1914. THE RIGHT WAY Service of the Central of Georgia will enable you to go home and re turn quickly, comfortably and safely. For additional information ask NEAREST TICKET AGENT. Centra! of Georgia Ry. The Right Way Service There Is Just As Much Joy in Giving Ms There Is In Receiving the Exceedingly Practical Such As You Will Find in Great Profusion At the KING HARDWARE COMPANY CASSEROLES. Casseroles 89c to $5 Baby Plates 50c Smoking Stands $3.50 to $12 Bronze Ash Trays 75c Shaving Mugs $3 to $3.50 Shaving Stands $10.00 Jewelry Boxes 25c to $3.00 WAGONS. AUTOMOBILES. Steel Tires 85c to $3 Rubber Tires $3 to $4 CARVING SETS. A Large Assortment $3.75 to $35.00. TRICYCLES. 3-8-inch rubber tires, plush seat. . . $5.50, $3.50 3-4-inch rubber tires. . $10 and $11 75c to $20. 20 Per Cent Discount on all Andirons, Fire Sets, Fen ders and Portable Grates for Christmas. VELOCIPEDES. Steel tires $1.75 to $2.50 3-8-inch rubber tires $4 to $5 1-2-inch rubber tires, adjustable bars $5 to $6 CHAFING DISHES. All styles Special Set—dish, flagon $3.50 up tray, fork and ,$20.00 A large stock of silver-plated Hollow- ware at attractive prices. SILVER SETS 26-piece Rogers Set Knives, Forks, Spoons at $4.48. 32-piece Community Set $22.75. FOOTBALLS. BICYCLES. $1.00 to $5.00. $20.00 to $30.00. ROLLER SKATES. 50c to $3.50. KING HARDWARE CO. 53 Peachtree 87 Whitehall CUT GLASS A complete line at reduced prices. We can save you from 20 to 33 1-3 per cent on these useful presents . .